Sign and indicator.



P. PIGGIO.

SIGN AND INDIOATOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1913.

' 1,079,754. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIGN AND INDICATOR.

1,079,754, specifieationof Letters Patent. Patented N 25, 1913,

Application filed Apri121, 1913. Serial No. 762,669. I

To all whom, 2'25 may concern: when the lugs on the arms 6 or 7 are drawn Be it known that I,-PASQUALE FIocIo, a downwardly. I I citizen of the United States, and a resident At 12 and 13 I have shown a pair of elecof Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and. trio lights, these lights being colored dif- State of Florida, have'made certain new and ferently and being in circuit with the batuseful Improvements in Signs and Indicatery B and with the contacts as shown in tors, of which the following is a specifica: Fig. 4. tion. 1 On the outside of the casing 1 I provide My invention relates to means for illumia lamp 1% which is inclosed in a box or oas- 65 nating signs and indicators, especially those "ing 15. The front part of this casing is carried at the rear of automobiles. covered with ruby glass 16, while'the ends I The main object of my invention is to of the casing are closed by green glass panes provide a lamp having novel. means for 17. In the bottom of the box is placed a I throwing the rays upon the registration prism 18 for refracting the rays which pass 7 number. 1 I through the prism at an angle so as to Other objects and advantages will appear illuminate the plate 19 hearing the registrain the following specification and the novel tion number 20. This plate may be secured features of the device will be particularly to the case in any suitable manner as by pointed out in the appended claim. screws 21. I 75 My invention is illustrated in the 'accom- From the foregoing description of the vapanying drawings forming part of this aprious parts of the device the operation plioatio -n in which- I I thereof may be readily understood.

Figure 1 is'a perspective view of the de- Normally thesprings 9 hold both the I vice, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through sliding plates 2 and 3 within the box or casso the slide case, Fig. 3 is a transverse section ing. Suppose now that the automobile is through the device, and Fig. 4 is a dia going around a corner and the driver wishes grammatio view showing the arrangement to indicate whether he is going to turn 'to of the circuits I the right or to the left, so that any one com- In carrying out my invention I provide a ing up behind him may be warned thereby. 30 box or casing 1 of any suitable shape, but He pulls downwardly on one of the levers preferably a thin rectangular box such as or 7 by means of a chain or other suitable that shown in the drawings. --Within the connection 22. thereby throwing the upper casing are a pair of slidable plates such as end of the bell-crank lever forwardly and those shown at 2 and 3 respectively. These forcing the plate out against the tension of 35 plates are preferably provided with grooves the spring 9. In Fig. 1 I have indicated the such'as that shown at 2 which are arranged slidable plate 2 as being thrown out. On to engage tongues 4 in the slotted end 4 of the release of the chain or flexible member the box casing, so as to guide the plates in 22 the spring 9 will carry the plate back their movement. The bottom 1 of'the box within the box. If it is dark the operator 40 is provided with an opening 5 in which are may close the switch S (see Fig. 4) thereby pivoted two bell-crank levers 6" and 7 reswitching on the electric circuit so that spectively. The upper end of'each of these when either of the levers 6 or 7 is manipn bell-crank levers is connected by means of lated the withdrawal of the lug, as for inan arm or a link 8 to one of the sliding stance 6*, will permit the contact 10 to en- 10.0 45. plates. In Fig.2 the arm 8 is shown as be gage its con-tact 1O. thereby lighting the ing connected to the sliding plate '3. Each lamp 12.. If the other lever is manipulated plate is connected by means of a spiral the lamp13 will be lighted. spring 9 with a rear end of the box. The "The provision of the casing 15 for the tail short arm of eachbell-crank lever is prolamp l i provides a warning light at the rear vided with a laterally extending lug such as of "the device. The green light indicates that shown at 6 and 7, these lugs being that the vehicle is passing at right angles arranged toextend through openings in the to the observer, and it also prevents the bottom of the box and to engage spring conlight from interfering with the lamps 12 .tacts' such as that shown at 10 in Fig. 2. or 13. The prism 18 in the bottom of the '110 55 The cont-acts 10 are arranged to engage sta'- casing 15 throws the light downwardly upon tionary contacts such as that shown at 10 the plate 19. which bears the rprrietrnfinn Copies of this patent may be obtained for mobiles, a supporting member, an electric lamp carried thereby, a plate secured to the supporting member beneath the lamp and bearing a registration number and a housing for said electric lamp, said housing comprising a top portion, a front portion of ruby glass, end portions of green glass, and a glass prism disposed in and constituting the bottom of said housing, said. glass prism 15 being positioned to refract light from the lamp upon the registration member.

PASQUALE FICCIO.

Witnesses H. P. BAYA, THEO. J. ONEILL.

five cents each, 11$- addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

